ElGourmet sizzling

World Brief

Pramer has signed a carriage deal for its ElGourmet.com cooking and lifestyles channel with satcaster DirecTV Latin America, the latest in a string of sales for the pay TV programmer.

DirecTV Latin America added it to its lineup Aug. 1, making the feevee available to its 1.6 million subscribers in 28 countries.

Argentina-based Pramer, owned by Liberty Media, is expanding distribution beyond the economically troubled country. This year it has inked deals for ElGourmet and other channels in Chile, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Uruguay.